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  • Welcome to my blog!

    I am a mom to three beautiful children. Who inspire me everyday. They've taught me that anything is possible as long as you believe it. A wife to my high school sweet-heart. A man who dared me to follow my dream and look where it lead me. I've loved photography for as long as I can remember. As young as 9 running around with a Polaroid instant camera. Snapping away at any and everything in my path. At the end of the day I would always end up begging my mom for money to buy more film.

    My love for photography really bloomed the year I had my first child. My daughter had to be the most photographed child in the world. I swear I have thousands upon thousands of photo's of her. From her first jar of peas to her very first steps. My camera helped me capture those moments. So I can look back on them when she's older and eating peas from a jar isn't cool anymore.:) Now I have 3 of the most photographed children in the world. I am so blessed to have been able to capture all of those special moments.
    This is what I want to capture for you. The bond between mama and baby. The special connection every family has. Those are the things that make my heart sing.

May 13 2010

Lucky star | Ringwood NJ Baby photographer

Posted in Life, NE PA photographer, kids, mini session, sneak peek

I know I’ve said it before and I will probably being saying it again. I.am.blessed. Sometimes without realizing it I let life get to me.  The non-stop running, the dishes,the homework,kids bedtimes, “us” time for the hubs and I. I tend to over look how incredibly blessed I am. Mornings when I know the day is going to drag on and on. I walk in to my kitchen and on the chalk board will be a sweet message from Jody. My kids keep  me sane. They are my everything. I wouldn’t know what to do without them. My Job. I cannot say enough how I love my job. I wish this happiness on everyone. All of this mushy gushy-ness is due to the fact that I get to photograph little cutie pies like Baby Brody.  This little guy was FULL of smile. Not the gassy kind I mean ear to ear grins. full on gums I tell ya! He is what I call a BEAUTIFUL baby. His personality really shined through. Sometimes serious, I think he may be a thinker. And others full of smiles. You can tell he loved his Mama and Daddy. With just a glimpse of them he coos and smiles. That alone fills my heart. Leslee and Kyle you’re definantly also blessed. Here are a few sneak peeks of Baby Brody.

see what did I tell you full of smiles:)

xellie

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May 07 2010

cutie pie x’s 3 | Hawley PA photographer

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Wanna see pure cute-ness? This little guy and I got off to a rough start. I think he was a bit put off by this woman and this huge black thing she keeps pointing at me. Thankfully Little V warmed up to me and I was able to capture his cute-ness for his mama.

Isn’t he just the cutest!! His sweet little smile.  We had fun running around picking flowers. Little V has the cutest way of smelling flowers. He puts them up to his nose for a half a second. Such a cutie pie!!

Little V’s Mom had the cutest little sailors suit with her. She wanted to see if I could get a few pictures with him in  it.  Let me just say he is the sweetest sailor I’ve ever met.

Thank you for taking a peek at this cutie pie!! Also don’t forget about my current contest..The details are in the poost below:)

xellie

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May 05 2010

brain dump..and a contest :) Hawley PA lifestyle photographer

Posted in Contest, Life, NE PA photographer, Personal, kids, mini session

Since it’s 12:30am and I’m still awake I thought eh it’s been a while since my last personal blog post why not make it a brain dump at 12:30 in the mornin’. Life is going pretty well. Business has picked up tremendously. I am so thankful for that. The kids are doing FAB.U.LOUS in school. I couldn’t be prouder of them!! Football and Cheer leading will start soon. Both Gab and Jody are excited as am I. I just know things will get extra busy around here. As if they aren’t already. Mother’s day is aproaching super fast. I have so many things to be thankful for. My wonderful.healthy.busy.beautiful children.  I LOVE them so much!

This was taken about a month ago..it was for a session for my Mom for mother’s day. O.M.Goodness. I’ve had some busy sessions. But this by far was the busiest of them all. ha ha. My Nephew Noah the little one in the striped shirt always has the sweetest expressions. Speaking of Noah..since this is a brain dump…I’m going to just put this out there, In case by any weird chance my sister is reading this..

I miss this little guy so much I can hardly bare it. Just before my sister and I stopped speaking. Noah and I had gotten extra close since I had been baby sitting him quite a bit. He is such a little character. Ella loved and I mean LOVED her morning/afternoons with Noah. We both did. He holds such a special place in my heart.. All of my nephews do. (I have no nieces..so sad:() I love them all equally. But with Noah I had to love hard and Fast because you never quite knew when my sister would take him away and then I wouldn’t be able to see him again. It’s been a couple weeks now. I should be OK..I shouldn’t feel like my heart is being ripped from out of my chest because honestly I’ve gone months with out hearing Noah’s voice or seeing him smile with his eyes like only he can. Any way..I just wanted to put this out there..Just so you know Monica we all miss him and YOU very much!! You have my number use it.

These two..hmm this picture describes them to a TEE! The belly laughs and inside jokes!! Gabs and Kyle are only a little more then 2 months apart. Gabrielle being the eldest..which I’m sure now is the coolest but once she’s my age, she’ll be begging kyle to forget all the “I’m older then you” jokes.:)

This little guy. I’m not sure the world is ready for my god son. He is the happiest baby I have ever met. And all three of my babies were happy. Bryce is never with out a huge cheesy grin on his face. God i love him and all of his cheeks..lol

Now for another contest!! This contest will be a little different from the last. You will not have to send in any pictures this time around:)There are three ways to enter this contest.

1: Leave a comment here on this blog post. Tell me about something/someone special in your life.

2. Head on over to my FB fan page and become a Fan:)Make sure you leave me a comment or shoot me an email telling me that you’ve become a Fan!!

3.  Give me a little shout out:)You can Tweet it/Face-book it or if you my-space it. But once again make sure to leave me a comment or email so I will be sure to know.

How this will work is, if you do one of the three your name will be entered into a drawing once. If you do two of the three your name will be entered twice. If you do all three it will be entered three times. The contest will start today May 5th and end May 9th on Mother’s day @ 11:59pm

What you will win..a FREE mini session with a free gift print 11×14.

ok before I head to bed!! Here are a few special people in my life:)ETA- you will notice Ella isn’t in any of these pictures, She’s like grease lightening..hard to capture on camera..ha ha

Don’t forget to take a peek at Gabriel and Caleb’s post and Nikira and Jay’s post and make sure to leave LOTS of comments:)

xellie

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May 05 2010

Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails | Hawley PA|Ringwood NJ lifestyle photographer

Posted in Life, NE PA photographer, kids, mini session, sneak peek

That’s what little boys are made of. I was beyond excited when I posted a mini session schedule on my FB fan page and one of my oldest friends from High School contacted me and said she was interested in getting her boys pictures taken. The last time I had saw her..ooh was about 4 years ago. Her little boy Gabriel was a few months old and she didn’t have little Caleb yet. So when I saw these two adorable,sweet boys. I felt my heart jump! Gabriel is no longer a baby, instead he’s a sweet little man and om-goodness Caleb with those GORGEOUS eyes and sweet cheeks. My heart was mush by the end of our session..OK OK I’ll stop yapping and show you a few pictures from our session.

Here they are..G and C. Tw of the cutest boys around:)

So as we walked through the park and reminisced. Ooh I could tell so many stories. Hanging out at my house after school and Helena getting stuck on the balcony..then my mom coming home and flipping out..ha ha!!! Then working the night shift at troll. I remember one of the teacher’s calling in to place an order and not having her order number..So she started to cry and poor Helena. All she could say was “ooh no don’t cry”  One of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet:)OK I’m blabbing again:)Here’s a few of my GQ Gabriel!

This little guy was completely comfortable infront of the camera! He made my Job easy and F.U.N!

OK now I will warn you..Your hearts going to melt when you look into this little one’s big brown eyes. I know I was complete mush looking through my lens. Such a serious little one. I did how ever manage to get a few smiles. I promise Helena next time I will capture more:). I think this little one’s a thinker.

Isn’t he just the sweetest! Look at those eyes!! I did manage to get a smile from him..well I actually can’t take the credit for this one. He was cheesing for his dad:)

Can you handle just one more of this CUTIE PIE!!?

And just one more of the boys together..

Thank you Helena and Felix for a fun session and a BIG thank you to Gabriel and Caleb for being the cuties they are!!

xellie

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May 01 2010

Winner’s announced!!

Posted in Contest, Freebies, Life, NE PA photographer, Personal, mini session

What a great turn out!!

The Winners are :

1st place a free session w/11×14 mounted on mat board- Entry #3. Bonnie

2nd place $35.00 off of a collection package-Entry #4. Linda

3rd place $25.00 off of a collection package-Entry #1 Alison

If the winners would please contact me to schedule your sessions:)

Thank you everyone who sent in entries and voted!!! Keep an eye out a NEW contest will be announced next week:)

xellie

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